UK's premier funding summit returns in 2010

The third SocInvest annual conference will take place on 16th June 2010 at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London’s Bloomsbury following two hugely successful events in 2008 and 2009. Options for sponsoring the 2010 event are outlined in the brochure here.

For details on registering to attend SocInvest 2010 click here.

SocInvest is now established as the UK’s premier regeneration finance summit, the place where both public and private sector meet to discuss and understand special purpose financial vehicles and the latest funding sources and structures. Attracting over 200 key players and 35 speakers in regeneration finance in Spring 2009, it proved that, due to difficult market conditions and squeezed funding resources, there is huge demand for advice on ever more creative ways to kick-start or maintain delivery of your regeneration programme.

The SocInvest team would like to thank past headline sponsors Eversheds, Turner & Townsend, McGrigors LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers and King Sturge without whom the event would not have been possible.

SocInvest 2010 conference programme

The 2010 programme will include plenary sessions and workshops with practical advice on topical issues including:

• New mechanisms, such as Tax Incremental Finance, TIF
• Affordable housing finance, including the impact of the HCA and the role of local housing companies
• Regional Infrastructure and European Regeneration funds
• Developing a compelling case for investors
• Latest lessons from PPPs and LABVs
• New sources of public and private sector funds

What's new for SocInvest 2010

• The inaugural SocInvest Award
• A programme of research to establish funding trends and opportunities
• New interactive sessions including case-study based workshops
• Consultants clinic for 1:1 meetings between delegates and experts
• A specially invited Steering Committee representing funding specialists

If you are interested in speaking at or sponsoring SocInvest 2010, please call Shelley Cook on 0207 978 6840 or email Shelley.

The SocInvest Steering Committee

The Steering Committee will comprise leading figures from the regeneration funding community. Further details of members will be posted shortly. A number have already accepted the invitation to join:

"I have spoken at three conferences this year about our experience of winning and closing Croydon and Tunbridge Wells LABVs and I found SocInvest the best by a long way in terms of the quality both of speakers and attendees from different but complementary backgrounds. The debate around key topical issues was well informed and relevant in today's market." Jamie Kerr, director of regeneration and education, John Laing.

"SocInvest has become an essential annual component in the debate on how to improve the way we fund and deliver regeneration. The 2010 event is planned at a moment of potentially seismic change for the sector." Chris Murray, director, Core Cities.

"A rare opporunity for bringing forward the implementation of existing ideas and the encouragement of new approaches to regeneration funding." Christopher Munday, head of funding solutions, Department for The Economy & Transport, Welsh Assembly.

"In the current economic climate public sector organisations are under increasing scrutiny and pressure to consider new ways in which they may accelerate development. SocInvest provides a forum whereby key players from both the public and private sector can share experiences and discuss the challenges they both face to work towards creating an environment in which delivery can take place.'' Stephen Sorrell, head of development and regeneration , Eversheds.